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1 NAACNAACV isionTo make quality the defining element of higher education in India through a combinationof self and external quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance initiatives;Mission To arrange for periodic assessment and accreditation of institutions of highereducation or units thereof, or specific academic programmes or projects; To stimulate the academic environment for promotion of quality of teaching-learning and research in higher education institutions; To encourage self-evaluation, accountability, autonomy and innovations in highereducation; To undertake quality-related research studies, consultancy and trainingprogrammes, and To collaborate with other stakeholders of higher education for quality evaluation,promotion and FrameworkTo promote the following core values among the HEIs of the country : Contributing to National Development Fostering Global Competencies among Students Inculcating a Value System among Students Promoting the Use of Technology Quest for ExcellenceNAACNNNNNAAAAATIONTIONTIONTION TIONAL AL AL AL AL ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT AND AND AND AND AND AAAAACCREDITCCREDITCCREDITCCREDITCCREDIT AAAAATION COUNCILTION COUNCILTION COUNCILTION COUNCILTION COUNCILAn Autonomous Institution of the university Grants Box No.

2 1075, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore - 560 072. INDIA13th ANNUAL REPORT2006 - 07 NAACR eport Prepared by :Mr. PonmudirajAssistant Adviser, NAACMr. KaulFinance Officer, NAACMr. V. Lakshman - ConvenorFecilitation-cum-Liason Officer &Administrative Officer (i/c), NAAC NAAC, January 2008 All Rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system,without the prior written permission of the by :The Director,National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) No. 1075, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore - 560 072, on to to download this documentPrinted by :Pentaplus Printers Private LimitedBangalore - 560 044. Tel : 91-80-2310 9417 NAACThe National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is an autonomousorganisation, established by university Grants Commission (UGC), with itsheadquarters in functions through its General Council (GC), and the Executive Committee(EC).

3 The Chairperson of UGC shall be President of the GC. The Chairperson of ECshall be an eminent academician in the area of relevance to the NAAC; he / she willbe nominated by the President of GC and EC have members selected in two categories:1. Ex officio members are representatives from the organisations such as MHRD,UGC, AIU. Some members are also selected from the following organisationson reciprocal basis, they are AICTE, DEC, NCTE, AIU, members are selected from Vice Chancellors, Principals, Teachers,Experts from Industry and other sectors nominated by the president of theGC/UGC/MHRD. The nominated members shall have a term of three yearsThe academic and administrative head of NAAC is the Director, with the status ofCentral university Vice Chancellor, who is also the member Secretary of both the GCand EC. NAAC has a core academic and administrative staff and consultants to helpit achieve its NAAC is grateful to the Government of Karnataka for providing rent-freeaccommodation for housing the Office of the NAAC at Bangalore till August NAAC is also grateful to the Government of Karnataka and Bangalore Universityfor providing 5 acres land in Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore university , NAAC: Objectives.

4 Of NAAC .. and Committee Members .. Region .. Eastern Region .. Region .. Region .. Region .. Library and Information Centre .. Academic Activities .. and Accounts .. of NAAC .. of Statutory Committee Meetings .. Visitors to NAAC .. of Institutions Accredited by NAAC .. of Publications 2006-07 .. Diagram .. 120 NAACNAAC for Quality and Excellence in Higher EducationAnnual Report PreludeIn the higher education system in India, there is tremendous quantitative expansion in thenumber of higher education institutions. The profile of education providers vary in types,programs, curricular offerings, mode of delivery and funding pattern. In fact, higher educationthroughout the world is in a flux. Under such conditions, variations in standard and qualityare natural outcomes. Arising out of the need for establishing standards in education in thecontext of the proliferation of colleges all over the country, the Program of Action(PoA) 1992 ofthe National Policy on Education(NPE) in 1986 emphasized the need for a mechanism to besetup, which will encourage self-assessment in institutions and also Assessment andAccreditation by an external agency.

5 In this context of consolidating the gains of our educationalsystem and to ensure quality education, the setting up of the National Assessment andAccreditation Council(NAAC) was a historic step. The NAAC is an autonomous institution ofthe university Grants Commission(UGC) with its prime agenda to assess and accreditinstitutions of higher education in the country has been established in the year 1994 and isheadquartered at the reaccreditation stage, the instrument has been fine-tuned by operationalizing the keyaspects by identifying the core indicators and focusing on getting the valid responses to thefocused questions under each core indicators. NAAC has been continuously engaged in trainingthe assessors for carrying assessment and accreditation. There were significant efforts fromNAAC in sensitizing the institutions regarding the processes and sharing the best practices ofthe high-ranking institutions in the various conferences, seminars and workshops supportedby on 31st March 2007, NAAC has accredited 140 Universities and 3492 Colleges in India.

6 Theimpact that the NAAC has made on Higher Education Institutions(HEIs) is evident from thenumber of quality assurance seminars and workshops that have been conducted in the year2006-2007 in order to achieve its objectives. Hitherto, the NAAC has conducted awarenessprograms in all most all States and this has triggered many regional level and district levelactivities. NAAC has declared the calendar year 2006 as a Year of Student Participation inQuality Assurance and many seminars, conferences and workshops have been sponsored byNAAC for this activity. Calendar year 2007 as a Year of Promoting Internal Quality Assurance1 IntroductionIntroductionIntroductionIntr oductionIntroductionNAAC for Quality and Excellence in Higher EducationAnnual Report 2006-072 NAACS ystems . As a result of this as on 31st March 2007 1808 accredited colleges and 77 accrediteduniversities has established Internal Quality Assurance Cells(IQACs).

7 The process of assessment and accreditation has created a tremendous momentum among theacademia on issues pertaining to quality and this has largely been due to the successfulpartnership between NAAC and the State governments. As per the guidelines and suggestionsof NAAC 28 States, so far 25 States have established Quality Assurance Cells (QACs) at theState Level, except Jharkhand, Sikkim and Tripura. In case of National Capital Territory and 6union Territories , NCT of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra andNagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, and Pondicherry, the colleges are minimal,hence the Directorate/ Commissionerate of Higher Education of the respective UTs take is the member of the International Quality Assurance Agencies in HigherEducation(INQAAHE) and a founder-member of Asia-Pacific Quality Network(APQN). NAAC: ObjectivesThe objectives of NAAC is to assess and accredit institutions of higher learning, universitiesand colleges or one or more of their units, , departments, schools, institutions, programmes, main objectives of assessment and accreditation are to:a)grade institutions of higher education and their programmes;b)stimulate the academic environment and quality of teaching and research in theseinstitutions;c)help institutions realise their academic objectives;d) promote necessary changes, innovations and reforms in all aspects of the institutionsworking for the above purpose;e)encourage innovations, self evaluation and accountability in higher order to meet its mandate NAAC will:a)Review periodically and revise and update as and when considered necessary in thelight of experience gained the techniques and modalities of assessment.

8 B)Communicate the results of assessment and grading to the concerned institution in aform and manner appropriate for corrective action, rectification and self improvement;c)Help and encourage the institutions in developing their own procedures, techniquesand modalities for self evaluation;d) Initiate research studies, in planning and evaluation of educational institutions,programmes etc.;NAAC for Quality and Excellence in Higher EducationAnnual Report 2006-073 NAACe)Ensure an optimised use of resources and the achievement of the identified goals ofinstitutions of higher learning;f)NAAC may collaborate with institutions, Indian and foreign, engaged in work of asimilar nature and may also undertake on request assessment and accreditation ofinstitutions of higher education, Structure of NAACNAAC s working is governed by the General Council (GC) and the Executive Committee (EC)on which university Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Association of IndianUniversities (AIU), Universities, Colleges and other professional institutions are academics and educational administrators are nominated as members on these lists of General Council, Executive Committee, Academic Advisory Committee and theFinance Committee members are given in the following for Quality and Excellence in Higher EducationAnnual Report General Sukhadeo TharatChairman(from )

9 university Grants CommissionBhadur Shah Zafar MargNew Delhi-110002(President of General Council - Chairperson of UGC) Goverdhan Mehta(from to )Chairman,EC- NAACCSIR Bhatnagar FellowDepartment of Organic ChemistryIndian Institute of ScienceBangalore-560 012, Rajasekharan PillaiVice-Chairman(till ) university Grants CommissionBahadur Shah Zafar MargNew Delhi 110 002 Prof. Mool Chand SharmaVice-Chairman(from ) university Grants CommissionBahadur Shah Zafar MargNew Delhi 110 Sudeep Kumar, IAS(till )Secretary , Department of EducationMinistry of Human Resource DevelopmentShastri Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001 Shri R. P. Agrawal, IAS(from )Secretary, Department of EducationMinistry of Human Resource DevelopmentShastri Bhawan, New Delhi 110 0012 Council and Committee MembersNAAC for Quality and Excellence in Higher EducationAnnual Report Mool Chand SharmaSecretary(till June 2006) university Grants CommissionBahadur Shah Zafar MargNew Delhi 110 002Dr.

10 Kem(from January 2007)SecretaryUniversity Grants CommissionBahadur Shah Zafar MargNew Delhi 110 Pradeep Bhargava(02/02/2007 to 01/02/2010)Managing DirectorNew Age Electrical India Limited, Godrej Eternia, B Wing, WakbewadiaShivaji Nagar, Pune-411 Suranjan Das( to )Pro-Vice-ChancellorUniversity of CalcuttaSenate House, 87/1 College StreetKolkata-700073, West Seyed Hasnain(03/8/2004 to 02/8/2007)Vice-ChancellorUniversity of HyderabadCentral university 500046, Andhra D. P. Singh(02/02/2007 to 01/02/2010)Vice-ChancellorDr. Hari Singh Gour VishwavidyalayaSagar-470 003, M P10. Prof. R. P. Singh(02/02/2007 to 01/02/2010)Vice-ChancellorUniversity of LucknowLucknow-226 007, U P11. Prof. A. M. Pathan(02/02/2007 to 01/02/2010)Vice-ChancellorMaulana Azad National Urdu UniversityGachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra PradeshNAAC for Quality and Excellence in Higher EducationAnnual Report 2006-076 NAAC12. Dr. J. K. Mohapatra(02/02/2007 to 01/02/2010)Deptt.